A disappointed fan deploys his umbrella before it rains as he leaves after the postponement of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees at Comerica Park in Detroit on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. / MANDI WRIGHT/Detroit Free Press

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As a light, sprinkling rain fell, disappointment and frustration reigned among Detroit Tigers fans who said Wednesday’s Yankees game should have been played – or postponed much earlier in the night.

“It sucks,” said Jason Sedore, 39 of Westland, who wore a Tigers jersey and carried a giant foam claw after leaving Comerica Park. “I feel like we were sitting there for an hour and a half before they told us it was postponed.”

American League Championship Series. He said inside and outside the park, fans shouted, “It hasn’t even started raining!”

“They play in the sprinkles all the time,” he said, standing on Woodward Avenue under a bright streetlight and looking up toward the night sky. “They could still be playing.”

While tickets for Wednesday’s game will be honored Thursday, that doesn’t do Marentette any good – he has to work Thursday.

So does Sedore, a bartender.

“I don’t have anyone to cover my shift,” he said.

Walking south on Woodward from the stadium, Joe and Marielle Deighan of Beverly Hills said they spent $400 Wednesday, between the game tickets, a steak dinner at Roast, parking and a babysitter for their children.

“It’s the biggest bunch of crap I’ve ever seen in my life,” said Joe Deighan, 41, a season ticket holder. He theorized that money was behind the late call, noting that fans were buying food and drinks as they waited for the game to start.

“They could have at least played three or four innings,” Marielle Deighan said. Her husband will be back for Thursday’s game, but she plans to stay home with the kids.